Puchenau

Puchenau is a municipality in Upper Austria in the district of Urfahr in the upper Upper Austria with 4471 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) west of Linz. The municipality is located in the judicial district Urfahr.

• 6.1 Mayor
• 6.2 Composition of the Municipal Council

• 7.1 Structures

• 8.1 traffic

• 9.1 educational institutions

Geography

Puchenau situated at an altitude of 262 m above sea level. A. in the upper Upper Austria on the north bank of the Danube, west of Linz basin, four kilometers from the center of the provincial capital. The expansion is 4.2 kilometers from north to south, from west to east 4.1 km. The total area is 8.2 km ². The highest point is Kogler Auerspitz with height of 685 m above sea level. A..

Area distribution

Districts

• Great Amberg
• Oberpuchenau
• Poestlingberg

• Puchenau
• Unterpuchenau
• Koglerau

Neighboring communities

Coat of arms

Blazon: In gold on a blue wave bar in the sign one red and two green, one to two Asked Book with spherical crowns and black trunks. The municipality colors are yellow and red. These symbolize the arranged in a triangle Book the approximately triangular shape of the community. The wave bar symbolizes the southern boundary of the municipality, the Danube. The lower two houses represent the eponymous covered by beech Au.

The award of the municipality coat of arms and on May 12, 1978 set by the local council municipality colors took place on June 24, 1978 by a decision of the Upper Austrian government.

History

It is first mentioned " Puchenau " in two documents from the years 807 and 827

Originally in the eastern part of the Duchy of Bavaria lying, was the place since the 12th century the Duchy of Austria. Since 1490 he is the Principality ' Austria above the Enns ' attributed. During the Napoleonic wars the place was occupied several times since then again in Upper Austria. 1893 Location of the province of Upper Austria was elevated to an independent community after it belonged until then Ottenheim. After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich on 13 March 1938 Upper Austria became the " Upper Danube ". After 1945 the restoration of Upper Austria.

Population Development

Twinning

Puchenau is a European community. Since 1987, a partnership with the community Lindberg in the Bavarian Forest - village Buchenau.

Policy

Mayor

Data from the website of the Province of Upper Austria

Composition of the municipal council

Result of the election of September 27, 2009

Entitled to vote: 3825 106, Valid Votes: 3052 -53, Invalid votes: 85 -4, Turnout: 82.01 % -3.8 %

Culture and sights

Structures

• Puchenauer Stations of the Cross
• Towers, batteries and rampart of Maximilian fortification around Linz from the 19th century
• Castle Puchenau
• Gothic Cemetery Church
• Gate stones ( stones hole obtained with round or square openings in the upper third. There are 40 in the municipal area ). The stones are usually at the beginning or the end of ravines and on the borders with the neighboring communities.
• Garden City Puchenau by Roland Rainer
• Also see: List of the listed objects in Puchenau

Economy

Traffic

Puchenau is located just off the B127 Rohrbacherstraße. Thus there is good public transport links to the city of Linz. This road divides the municipality in half. Also, this is the feed line for the upper Upper Austria, which manifests itself on working days through miles of traffic jams in the morning in the direction of Linz and in the evening back felt.

At the traffic census in April 2007, approximately 21,500 vehicles per day at the west entrance Puchenaus were counted. Of these, around 1,300 trucks and other heavy vehicles. A traffic count in the same period on the outskirts of Linz- Urfahr Begin (practically identical with Puchenau traffic flow ) around 25,500 vehicles / day, of which about 1,500 trucks

Furthermore, daily run many post buses and the (usually) 30 minutes with trains of ÖBB on the Mühlkreisbahn to Linz. The first train leaves at 4.30 clock, the last shortly after 22 clock. Not all trains stop at the station " Puchenau " and " Achleitnersiedlung " are, however, holds each train in " Puchenau -West".

Public institutions

Educational institutions

• Community - kindergarten
• Parishioners Garden
• Elementary school
• Secondary school
• Public Library Puchenau
• Landesmusikschule Puchenau
• Musical Theatre Academy Puchenau (Musical Theatre Training School of the State Music School )